Wesselsbron fever A92.8

Author: Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer

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Last updated on: 29.10.2020

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Definition
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Arbovirosis caused by flaviviruses in humans and sheep. Vectors are Aedes caballus and Aedes circumluteolus.

Occurrence/Epidemiology
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Performing in Africa.

Clinical features
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Fever, headache, muscle aches, retroorbital pain. Mild viral exanthema, predominantly macular. Occasional jaundice. Often pechial hemorrhaging, predominantly in the mucous membranes. Occasionally strong local itching in the area of the injection site, scratch excoriations, possibly superinfections.

Progression/forecast
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Benign course, but long convalescence. Abortion and stillbirth in sheep.

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Last updated on: 29.10.2020